Group supports SOSC desire
to rename college 'University'
By Chris Norred
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What's in a name?
The question is cliche but the answer is
elusive.
A group of lawmakers and business peo
ple from southwest Oregon believe the name of
Southern Oregon State College should be
changed to Southern Oregon State University.
But the State Board of Higher Education,
which governs state colleges and universities,
said the Ashland-based school is a college and
should stay that way.
The Jackson County Economic Develop
ment Council is sponsoring a bill in the
Oregon Legislature that would override the
State Board's opposition and change the name
by law. The curriculum and educational mis
sion at SOSC would remain the same, only the
name would change.
Supporters of the bill say changing the
college to a university would help the
students, the region and the state.
biz Shelby, director of the Jackson County
K1X', said having a university in the region
will help southwest Oregon attract new
businesses. When business developers are
looking for an area to locate, they often scan a
brochure that lists the demographics of a
region. Shelby said.
"One of the first questions of many pro
spective businesspeople is Do you have a
local university?’." Shelby said. "Tot) often
the college is mistaken for a community col
lege or business college, rather than the major
liberal arts institution that we have.
“The image presented by a university is
critical to our ability to address the standard of
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Munion says he knows IFC process best
By Carolyn bamberson
Of the Kmerald
Ron Munion may sound blunt
when he says he understands
the Incidental Fee Committee
process better than anyone run
ning. but he believes it.
He attended bane Community
College and was elected student
government treasurer. During
bis time then;, he also served on
the constitution court, a
minorities task force and
c haired t h e W o m en's
A w a r e n e s s 1 n f o r rn a t i o n
Committee.
Since coming to the Universi
ty four years ago, where he
working toward double major in
political science and history.
Munion has maintained in
volvement in student activities.
He was chairman of the Model
United Nations, a member of
the Political Science Student
Union and currently serves on
both the KMU Board and the
1FC.
His position on the 1FC dur
ing the past year has given him
some insight into student
government and the budget
system which he hasn’t always
agreed with. He has some
definite ideas on how to im
prove the IFC process which he
said would make the allocation
of more than $;t million in stu
dent fees quicker and less
controversial.
"1 would have to say my
overall goal is to change the
budgetary process so it is more
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flexible, more responsible and
reflective of the needs of the
students,” he said.
He also said he believes he
would be contributing to diver
sity and the liberal arts educa
tion that is important to many
individuals on this campus.
I ie would achieve this change
through a variety of means, he
said. He would like to see the
IFC expand its staff of hiring
budget directors to take some of
the workload off members’
shoulders.
He also said groups should
have more control within their
own budgets. Rather than the
Il’C dictating how much could
be spent on each individual line
item groups would have a lump
sum. As long as program direc
tors know what incidental fees
can be used for. he said, the
directors should be able to dic
tate how much goes where.
Munion realizes the IFC is
one of the most important
bodies at the University and
m_ajmu
Ron Munion
understands its role: to see that
the physical and cultural
development of students is
preserved.
”lt is not to act like it's God
and can decide what is best for
everyone.” he said.
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